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Welcome to Introduction to Psychology which provides learning resources that can be used to introduce learners to psychology.

Objectives

At the end of the course the student will be able to:

• Describe the scientific methods utilized in the study of human behavior;
• Appreciate the diversity of the field of psychology and the dynamic nature of its continuing development and growth;
• Understand the influence of biology, learning histories, situations, cognition, personality, and cultural factors, in the shaping and development of human behavior;
• Understand the concepts, histories, methods of investigation, and theories of the different subfields of psychology;
• Appreciate the importance of psychological principles as they apply to everyday life.

Outline

1. Introduction to Psychology as a science
2. Research methods in psychology
3. Biological basis of behavior
4. Sensation and Perception
5. States of Consciousness
6. Human Development
7. Learning
8. Memory
9. Language and Cognition
10. Motivation and Emotion
11. Personality
12. Intelligence
13. Psychological Disorders
14. Psychotherapy and Intervention
15. Social Psychology

Textbooks

Introductory psychology textbooks tend to cover a similar range of topics. It is recommended that this course use Introduction to Psychology (WikiBooks), as well as other online resources.

Other

• Saul Kassin's 'Psychology'.
• Psychology, by Alan J. Fridlund, Daniel Reisberg, Henry Gleitman, both Stanford, Penn, MIT, Harvard treated it as a textbook for an "Introducion to Psychology" course.

Lectures

• Questions and comments

• Chapter 1: Definition and History - Key words - Questions
• Chapter 2: Research Methods - Key words
• Chapter 3: Biological foundations - Key words
• Lecture four: Developmental Psychology (briefly)
• Lecture five: Sensation and Perception
• Lecture six: Consciousness
• Lecture seven: Learning
• Lecture eight: Retention and Forgetting
• Lecture nine: Cognitive Processes
• Lecture ten: Motivation and Emotion
• Lecture eleven: Psychological Testing and Individual Differences
• Lecture twelve: Personality Principles
• Lecture thirteen: Abnormal Personality Patterns
• Lecture fourteen: Therapies
• Lecture fifteen: Social Psychology

See also

• Psychology
• Psychology 102
• Psychologists (Wikipedia)
• List of publications in psychology (Wikipedia)
• List of psychologists (Wikipedia)
• List of psychology organizations (Wikipedia)

Related areas

Related topics

• w:Aristotle, On the Soul
• w:Tabula rasa
• w:Empiricism
• w:Rationalism
• w:Scientific method
• w:Evolution
• w:Moral value
• w:Systems theory
• w:Complex systems
• w:Game theory
• w:Discourse analysis
• w:Multilevel model
• w:Structural equation modeling

External links

Learning about Psychology

• Dictionary of Psychology
• Encyclopedia of Psychology
• Learn Psychology Glossary
• Simply Psychology

History of Psychology

• The Archives of the History of American Psychology
• A Century of Psychology (APA)
• Classics in the History of Psychology

Other

• Psychology Wiki
• PsychWiki - Wiki for psychology researchers (theory, findings, research methods, funding sources, and more)
• Find a Therapist - Psychology Today
• AmoebaWeb Psychology Directory
• Psychology at the Open Directory Project

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Table of Contents

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1. Introduction
2. History
3. Biological basis of behavior
4. Sensation and Perception
5. States of Consciousness
6. Human Development
7. Learning
8. Memory
9. Language and Cognition
10. Motivation and Emotion
11. Personality
12. Intelligence
13. Psychological Disorders
14. Psychotherapy and Intervention
15. Branches of Psychology
    1. Abnormal Psychology
    2. Biopsychology
    3. Behavior Analysis
    4. Child and Adolescent Psychology
    5. Clinical Psychology
    6. Cognitive Psychology
    7. Developmental Psychology
    8. Educational Psychology
    9. Evolutionary Psychology
    10. Experimental Psychology
    11. Forensic Psychology
    12. Health Psychology
    13. Neuropsychology
    14. Neuroscience
    15. School Psychology
    16. Industrial-Organizational Psychology
    17. Personality Psychology
    18. Social Psychology
    19. Judgment and Decision Making
    20. Psycholinguistics
16. Social Psychology
17. Psychophysics
18. Research Methods in Psychology
    1. Scientific Experiment
    2. Field Study
    3. Surveys
    4. Case Studies
19. Criticisms of Psychology
20. References